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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 4 › Verse 17
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, There is a reprobation in it in this regard, That God now doth manifest that he doth intend to fetch his glory from this sinner out of his ruin, he manifesteth no other now; for thus, Certainly God will have glory from every creature, howsoever you may resist God in his glory, God will have it, he will fetch it out from you; Well, but now on the first hand, God he would have his glory from his creature in the ways of obedience and service, but they deny this to God, they will not give him this glory, they will have their own will, they will set up themselves in Gods Throne: Well saith God, I have used such and such means to draw their hearts from those ways to my self, but they stand out, Let them alone now, As if he should say thus, I have thought now of another way to fetch out my glory from them, as he reasoned in the Gospel, when he could not provide for himself one way, I know what I will do saith he; so saith God, I am denied my glory one way, well I know what to do, I have another way, that is, to glorify my infinite Justice and the power of my infinite wrath; they have refused to give me glory by obedience and coming in to me, I will not have my glory that way, but now I will rather choose to have my glory from them in their everlasting misery, they shall be spectacles of my wrath and justice, and it shall be known to Angels and men unto all eternity what my infinite justice and power is able to do, therefore let them alone to that saith God.
Secondly, There is a reprobation in it in this regard, That God now doth manifest that he doth intend to fetch his glory from this sinner out of his ruin, he manifesteth no other now; for thus, Certainly God will have glory from every creature, howsoever you may resist God in his glory, God will have it, he will fetch it out from you; Well, but now on the first hand, God he would have his glory from his creature in the waies of obedience and service, but they deny this to God, they will not give him this glory, they will have their own will, they will set up themselves in Gods Throne: Well saith God, I have used such and such means to draw their hearts from those waies to my self, but they stand out, Let them alone now, As if he should say thus, I have thought now of another way to fetch out my glory from them, as he reasoned in the Gospel, when he could not provide for himself one way, I know what I will do saith he; so saith God, I am denied my glory one way, well I know what to do, I have another way, that is, to glorifie my infinite Justice and the power of my infinite wrath; they have refused to give me glory by obedience and coming in to me, I will not have my glorie that way, but now I will rather chuse to have my glorie from them in their everlasting misery, they shall be spectacles of my wrath and justice, and it shall be known to Angels and men unto all eternity what my infinite justice and power is able to do, therefore let them alone to that saith God.